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Smoking promotes exacerbated inflammatory features in dendritic cells of Chilean rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Feb 2018
Prado Carolina, Iruretagoyena Mirentxu, Burgos Paula I, Pacheco Rodrigo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The dual potential to promote tolerance or inflammation when facing self-antigens makes dendritic cells (DCs) fundamental players in autoimmunity. There is an association between smoking and DCs maturation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, ethnicity is a key factor in autoimmune disorders. AIM: To evaluate phenotypic and functional alterations of DCs obtained from Chilean patients...
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